Fact-checking Biden's speech and more: Day 1 of the Democratic National Convention - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

76% : Trump responded: "Supposing we hit the body with a tremendous -- whether it's ultraviolet or just very powerful light -- and I think you said that that hasn't been checked, but you're going to test it.
59% : Some were top advisers to Trump in his first term and are all but certain to step into prominent posts should he win a second term.
58% : By the fall of 2021, though, 98% of public schools were offering in-person instruction full time, according to the Education Department. --
55% : Policies from previous administrations -- and programs such as Social Security and Medicare -- continue to drive up debt, as do unexpected circumstances.
53% : Trump has also supported some of the proposals, with even some overlap between Project 2025 and his own campaign plans.
50% : And factory employment also climbed somewhat from when Trump took office in early 2017 and the onset of the pandemic in 2020.
44% : Also, when viewed as a percentage increase, the national debt rose more under President George H.W. Bush's single term than under Trump's.
43% : And during a July rally in Minnesota, he again vowed, "I will not cut one penny from Social Security or Medicare, and I will not raise the retirement age by one day, not by one day.
36% : Project 2025, a set of conservative policy proposals assembled by a Washington think tank for a Republican presidential administration, does not directly come from Trump or his campaign.
35% : During his time in office, Trump did propose some cuts to Medicare -- though experts said the cost reductions would not have significantly affected benefits -- and to Social Security's programs for people with disabilities.
32% : Trump has emphatically denied making the remarks since the article was published.
31% : Trump and Biden took different approaches to school reopenings during the coronavirus pandemic, with Trump encouraging schools to stay open and Biden emphasizing the need to contain the virus before reopening classroom doors.
27% : Trump has said repeatedly during his 2024 presidential campaign that he would not cut Social Security or Medicare, though he had previously shown brief and vague support for such proposals.
27% : "But Trump and his campaign clarified that he would not seek to cut the programs.
26% : Asked about his position on the programs in relation to the national debt, Trump told CNBC in March, "There is a lot you can do in terms of entitlements in terms of cutting and in terms of also the theft and the bad management of entitlements.
25% : "Still, Trump has not outlined a clear plan for keeping the programs solvent.
20% : But Trump has criticized some elements as "absolutely ridiculous and abysmal" though he has not specified which proposals he opposes.
19% : The claim that, as president, Trump called veterans "suckers" and "losers" stems from a 2020 article in The Atlantic about his relationship to the military.
14% : LINDA QIUWhat was said"Trump wants to cut Social Security and Medicare."
12% : Trump told the website Breitbart, "I will never do anything that will jeopardize or hurt Social Security or Medicare."

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